Identifiers
CDC42 binding protein kinase alpha (DMPK-like)
HUGO:CDC42BPA HGNC:1737 ENTREZ:8476 UNIPROT:Q5VT25
Maps_Modules
HMC:ACTIVATING_INVASION_AND_METASTASIS
EMT Senescence / EMT_REGULATORS
EMT Senescence / CYTOSKELETON_POLARITY
References
em_emtc_emtc_re846( EMT Senescence ):
CDC42 promotes changes in actin cytoskeleton by several pathways.
PMID:10461188
PMID:11950587
PMID:11340065
PMID:10559936
PMID:10613909
PMID:11413130
CDC42 activates PAK1,2,3,4 and CDC42BPA (MRCKalpha) which phosphorylate LIMK1,2.
LIMK1,2 subsquently phosphorylate and inhibit Cofilin
Destrin as actin depolymerizing factor, once phosphorylated by LIMK1,2 is inactive and thus this phosphorylation leads to actin polymerization and stimulation of filopodia and stress fibers formation.